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Palmanova (Friulian: Palme) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. The town is an example of a star fort of the late Renaissance , built up by the Venetian Republic in 1593.
In the following years, AC Palmanova alternates seasons in Serie D (1978–79, 1979–80, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01) with relegations to Eccellenza and to Promozione until the 2008–09 season, when it was relegated first to Promozione and the following year to Prima Categoria. In 2009–10, the centenary year, the ...
The Autostrada A23 or Autostrada Alpe-Adria ("Alps-Adria motorway") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 120 kilometres (75 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia which connects the Autostrada A4 (Turin–Trieste) near Palmanova via Udine to Tarvisio and the Austrian A2 Süd Autobahn.
Italy June 1942 Ferramonti di Tarsia: Cosenza: Italy summer 1940 4 September 1943 3,800 Giado: Jadu, Libya: Libya January 1942 24 January 1943 3,146 [14] 564 Gonars: Palmanova: Italy March 1942 8 September 1943 7,000 453; >500 Mamula: Mamula island Montenegro 30 May 1942 14 September 1943 2,322 200 [15] Monigo: Treviso: Italy 1 July 1942 May ...
The division was part of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, which in July 1942 entered the Italian 8th Army. On 16 December 1942 the Red Army commenced Operation Little Saturn, which destroyed most of the Italian 8th Army. The remnants of the 120th Motorized Artillery Regiment were repatriated in April 1943.
Twenty-five Italian sites were added during the 1990s, including 10 sites added at the 21st session held in Naples in 1997. Italy has served as a member of the World Heritage Committee five times, 1978–1985, 1987–1993, 1993–1999, 1999–2001, and 2021–2025. [3] Out of Italy's 60 heritage sites, 54 are cultural and 6 are natural. [3]
A non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest [270] named I Borghi più belli d'Italia (English: The most beautiful Villages of Italy) and affiliated to the international association The Most Beautiful Villages in the World, was created in 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the ...
Until the Modern Era, Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking. During the 19th and 20th centuries, German scholars in particular made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde.